The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Department of Medicine Faculty and Staff Awards! These awards are given to faculty and staff who have made extraordinary, innovative, and transformative contributions to the various missions of the Department of Medicine.
This year we received 170 total nominations for faculty and staff from 11 divisions within the department.
Congratulations to this year's awardees!
Awards will be announced at our Faculty & Staff Award Ceremony on May 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
The Rising Star Awards are given to early-career faculty members who exemplify the department’s core values of excellence in patient care, research, education, and community service.
APP Award For Excellence
Meghan O’Meara, NP, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
James Dillingham, PAC, Cardiology
Excellence in Mentorship
Sunita Sharma, MD, Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine
Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, Geriatrics
Excellence in DEIJ
Rita Lee, MD, General Internal Medicine
Excellence in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Lorna Allen, FNP, Infectious Diseases
Sarah Stella, MD, Hospital Medicine
Excellence in Education
Benjamin Vipler, MD, Hospital Medicine
Meredith Morcos, MD, Rheumatology
Excellence in Research
Eric Campbell, PhD, General Internal Medicine
Ellen Burnham, MD, Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine
Outstanding Volunteer Faculty
Jennifer Hendrick, MD, General Internal Medicine
Excellence in Mentorship
Kara Price, Department of Medicine
Excellence in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Eric Grimm, Hospital Medicine
Excellence in Education
Andrea Chisel, Geriatrics
Excellence in Research
Danielle Kline, General Internal Medicine
Ginger Johnson, Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
PEAK Award
Brita Alley, Department of Medicine